Thompsonville man arrested on attempted first degree murder charges

From the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office 

 

THOMPSONVILLE -On Thursday, March 1st, 2018 at 4:38 pm Deputies responded to a reported domestic violence incident involving a shooting victim and armed suspect in rural Thompsonville.

The investigation is ongoing and has resulted in the arrest of Jeffrey R. Herrell age 32 of Thompsonville with aggravated battery with a firearm and attempted first degree murder charges. These are tentative charges pending review by the Franklin County State’s Attorney’s Office.

The victim is the suspect’s mother, age 52 of Thompsonville. The victim received life threatening gunshot and stab wounds and was initially treated
by Abbott E.M.S. and Thompsonville Fire First Responders.

The victim was flown to an out of state hospital and her condition is unknown at this time. There are no other suspects.

The alleged is presumed innocent until proven guilty by a court of law.

Additional detours/parking for the MHS Sophmore Tourney

 

From Len Novora – Murphysboro High School Athletic Director 

ATTENTION: ALL vehicles must be parked in the north end of the parking lot (next to the softball field on the right as you pull in) starting Monday (2/26).

Use the north gym doors for entry into building.

This will last for the remainder of the Tournament.

 

IDOT pushes back Route 34 closure between Thompsonville and Galatia

CARBONDALE – The Illinois Department of Transportation would like to alert motorists traveling on IL 34 near Thompsonville in Franklin County of an upcoming ROAD CLOSURE.

Beginning Monday, March 19, 2018,  Tuesday, February 20, 2018, at 8:00 A.M., IL 34 approximately 1.75 miles east of Thompsonville will be closed to traffic.  This closure is necessary to facilitate the repair of a drainage structure. The road is expected to be open by 5:00 P.M. on Friday, March 30, 2018, Friday, March 2, 2018.

Motorists should use the marked detour or seek an alternate route.

Message boards and signs will be in place to alert motorists of the closure.

For IDOT District 9 updates on twitter, follow us at https://twitter.com/IDOTDistrict9.

Route 34 between Thompsonville and Galatia will be closed starting Feb. 20

CARBONDALE – The Illinois Department of Transportation would like to alert motorists traveling on IL 34 near Thompsonville in Franklin County of an upcoming ROAD CLOSURE.

Beginning Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at 8:00 A.M., IL 34 approximately 1.75 miles east of Thompsonville will be closed.

This closure is necessary to facilitate the repair of a drainage structure. The road is expected to be open by 5:00 P.M. on Friday, March 2, 2018.

Motorists should use the marked detour or seek an alternate route.

Message boards and signs will be in place to alert traffic of the closure.

For IDOT District 9 updates on twitter, follow us at https://twitter.com/IDOTDistrict9.

 

Local farmers watching farm bill closely

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THOMPSONVILLE — Congress will soon begin writing the 2018 Farm Bill, which will be one of the largest and potentially most controversial pieces of legislation this year.

Local farmers like Larry Miller are watching closely.

“This is a difficult time for farmers. Our costs, they just continue to go up,” Miller said.

Miller said the most important thing area farmers want to see in the farm bill is a strong crop insurance program.
“We’ve had that now in the last two bills and it really has changed farming and security of farming,” said Miller.

Please click below to read the full story from Brandon Richard of WSIL-TV.

http://www.wsiltv.com/story/37453409/local-farmers-watching-farm-bill-closely

Logan water customers under boil order

LOGAN – All Logan water customers are under a boil water order west of Logan road until Friday, due to a water main break.

This is for areas west of Logan road.

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Tigers continue winning ways

Darge comes up “large” with double-double; Thompsonville tops Galatia

Thanks to Jack Bullock for letting me link this.  I was able to sit back and watch two long time rivals get together last night.

Here is a link to the story from “ABV Jack.”

http://abaselineview.com/abvgalatiathompsonville.html

 

Thompsonville Students visit Marion VA Community Living Center

Check out the awesome kids from Thompsonville who visited our Veterans at the VA Community Living Center and handed out Christmas cards and socks to our Veterans. They really enjoyed seeing the kids and talking to them! (From the Marion VA Facebook page.)

Billboard Magazine: Kendell Marvel Reflects on His Career Following the Release of ‘Lowdown & Lonesome’

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/8023246/kendell-marvel-reflects-career-lowdown-lonesome

(Chuck Dauphin,  Billboard Magazine.  Please click on the link above for the full story.  Here is an excerpt below.)

When you think Illinois, the first thing that usually appears in people’s minds is “The Windy City” of Chicago. But, there’s a lot more to the Land of Lincoln than simply the third-largest city in the United States. Just ask singer-songwriter Kendell Marvel, who hails from the southeastern portion of the state — where there is nary a skyscraper in sight.

“It’s interesting,” Marvel admitted to Billboard. “When I say Illinois, people think Chicago. I grew up about 30 miles from Paducah, Kentucky — about three hours from Nashville. It’s pretty country up there, very much agricultural-based and a lot of coal mines. It’s a hotspot for country music lovers up there.” And, there was certainly plenty that influenced him — from Waylon and Willie to Southern rock sounds such as Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Allman Brothers Band.

Thompsonville Schools host annual carnival tonight

by Steve Dunford 

THOMPSONVILLE, IL –  In a tradition that goes back, and don’t quote me on this, but since TCHS was established as a four year high school in the early 40’s this has been an annual Thompsonville tradition.

Times have changed and the events have, but the carnival is still going strong.

When I was in school it was one of the highlights of the school year.  Other than short co-ops with West Frankfort and Johnston City, the Tigers have not fielded a football team.  Homecoming is during the basketball season, and this was like a second event.

The events of the night are the following

  1. Chili Supper 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
  2. Carnival Games 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
  3. Cake Walk 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
  4. Car Smash 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.  (bash in your “favorite” teachers name.  It is clean and legal to smash in Mrs. Blades)
  5. Costume Contest (pre-K to 5th, 6:30 p.m.)
  6. Silent Auction 6:00 to 7:45 p.m. (With 64 baskets)
  7. Winners announced for the auction and raffle 8:00 p.m.  (There is a raffle for two half hogs, processing fee included)
  8. Collection of votes for King and Queen 8:00 p.m.
  9. Coronation 8:30 p.m.

On this cold, rainy night, even if you are not from Thompsonville, make the short drive over there for a great time.

 

 

 

 

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